Mel Brooks

Some folks really know how to make an entrance. Take Art Boone, local history buff and long time West Friendship renaissance man. Back in 1980, when Art was headed for his company picnic at Nixon's Farm on Route 32, he made quite a splash with his fellow Baltimore Aircoil Company employees when he parachuted onto the grounds of the iconic Nixon's. Boone retired from Aircoil in 1996 after 31 years of service there. Few of his former co-workers will forget his grand entrance of a parachute jump that amazed all in attendance. The photograph depicts the area of West Friendship at the intersection of Routes 32 and 70 as seen from the air in 1980. No moss grows under the feet of...

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